"Labour have been inextricably damaged tonight, even resorting to sending known anti-nuclear members on foreign jaunts to ensure the replacement of Trident was voted through.

Rebel Labour MPs

Anne Begg (Aberdeen South)

Katy Clark (Ayrshire North & Arran)

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow & Falkirk East)

Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West)

Jim Devine (Livingston)

Frank Doran (Aberdeen North)

Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South)

David Hamilton (Midlothian)

Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith)

James McGovern (Dundee West)

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North)

David Marshall (Glasgow East)

Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock)

Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central)

Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East)

"Why on earth would people in this House want to put the nuclear weapons in a country which could shortly be independent?"

Scottish Greens speaker on nuclear issues Chris Ballance MSP said: "Ministers have not even specified under which circumstances these illegal weapons would be needed, yet they are prepared to waste £80bn on a Trident replacement.

"This money could and should be put to any number of better uses such as fighting the real threat to the UK, climate change."

Even though defence is a reserved issue, nuclear weapons could well become an issue in the Holyrood elections which are now just 50 days away.